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No. 382.138. PatentedMay-l, 188B.

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JOHN H. GOES AND FREDERIC L. GOES., OF 'WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,138, dated May 1, 1888.

Application tiled December 27, 1887. Serial No. 258,946. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. Cons and FREDERIC L. Cons, both citizens of the United States, residing at Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrenches, of which the following, together.

with the accompanying drawings, is a specifi! cation suiiiciently full, clear, and exact to enable persons skilled in the art to which this invention appertains to make and use the same.

rIhe object of our present invention is to simplify and render more practical and economical the construction of wrenches of thatclass in which the handle is provided with a metal frame into which the bar is fitted and fastened; and one feature of our invention consists in making the metal frame and bar-shank in the form described, so that the use of a key, and the consequent careful fitting of the parts, is obviated.

Another feature of our improvement consists in providing the handle-frame with longitudinal internal lips, and constructing and {itting the side plates thereto, as explained.

The particular subject-matter claimed is hereinafter definitely specilied.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of our improved wrench with the side of the handle removed. Fig. 2 is aside view of the handle-frame separate. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the handle and bar-shank at line v c. Fig. 4 is a transverse section at the position of the line w w. Fig. 5 is a section at line m rv, one-half of the wood handle being removed. Fig. 6 is a section at liney y, showing the bottom end of the ferrule.

In reference to parts, A denotes the bar, provided with the usual form of head A', and having the shank AZ, which is formedand itted was hereinafter specified.

B is the movable jaw, and C the rosettescrew, both made of the ordinary form.

D indicates the metal handleframe, which is formed integral with the ferrnle D and tip D2, and having along its side braces internal surfaces, a a,that lit the front and rear sides of the barshank A2 closely. Ties D3 extend across at the respective sides of the bar for connecting the opposite sides of the frame, and lips d are formed upon and extend longitudinally along the internal edges of said frame adjacent to the supporting-surfaces a, and, as illustrated at dt, near the tip. The barshank is milled or dressed oft on a circle at its front and rear edges, and the handle frame is broached out along the internal sides,.a, to tit and support the same.-

The barlshank A2 is the full length of the handle, and its end A3, which is reduced, extends through an opening, e, formedin the tip D2, and the extremity of the bar-shank is riveted onto the outer end of the handle-frame, as illustrated at m.

The wooden side plates, F, are externally turned or formed. to give fullness tothe handle, and their inner surfaces have a longitudinal channel, f, formed therein of a shape that will fit over the tie-bands D3 `and lips d di, the edges of the wood resting ou the frame and embracing the lips, as in Fig. 4. The side plates are fitted at their upper ends, f', to eX- tend under the rim of the ferruleD. Said side plates are held in place by a metal ring, I, which is crimped or compressed into a groove formed round the handle. Notches t, formed in the edges of the handle-frame D, receive and support said ring I, which is thus held firmly against end Wise displacement While binding the plates against the sides of the frame. The side-plates are retained against lateral displacement at their upper and lower ends by the lips d and dt, the frame showing externally only a narrow strip with straight edges from the tip D2 to the ferrule D. In some instances, if desired, the side plates may be held by a rivet or bolt passed through them from side to side. In such case the bar-shank A2 would be provided with an opening or hole through it, as indicated at h in Fig. 1, said hole being sufficiently long to allow of the bar being drawn firmly against the shoulder S when riveting its end.

When putting the parts of the wrench together, the handle-frame isslipped onto the bar-shank A2, and the end of said shank is ,riveted or upset at m, so as to form a round end outside the tip and draw the bar firmly down to the shoulder S. This makes the handle-frame solid with the bar, as the sides a a and bands D3 embrace the shank closely. The riveted end is then ground off round and smooth. The side plates, F, are then put on, the ring I slipped over the handle, (said ring IOC) being of just sufficient diameter to pass the swell,) and the handle is then placed in a suitable die and the ring I compressed so as to reduce its diameter and force it into the groove to a degree that will'bring its outer surface iush with the surface of the handle when fnished.

We are aware that wrenches have heretofore been made with a metal frame in the han-V dle, the bar fitted therein and secured by a key. It will therefore be understood that we do not make claim, broadly, to a Wrench-handle having a metal frame with side plates, or irrespective of the improved construction set forth.

What we claim as of our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The handleframe composed of the ferrule, tip, and side braces formed integral, and having the tip end D provided with an opening, e, in combination with the bar A, having the shank A@ supported between the internal surfaces, @,of said handle-frame,and extending through the opening in said tip, with its end fastened or riveted at the outer end ofthe handle-frame, substantiallyv as shown and described.

2. A wrench having its handle constructed as herein described, with the metal handleframe composed of the ferrule, tip, and contially as set forth. v

3. The wrench constructed substantially as shown and described, with the handle-frame D, composed of the integral ferrulc, tip, and

side braces, having ties D? and internal surfaces, a a, for supporting the bar, an opening through'the tip end and side notches, z', in combination with the 'bar having the long shank A', extending through the `end of the handle fitted between said internal surfaces and fastv ened or upset at the outside of the tip end, the side plates, F, ttcd to the handleframe, and the ring I compressed into the notches i and peripheral groove about the side plates, for the purposes set forth. Witness our hands this 22d day of December, A. D. 1887.

JOHN H. GOES. FREDERIC .L. GOES. ,f Witnesses:

GHAs. H. BURLEIGH, ELLA` P. BLENUs. 

